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title: "4 40 Feels Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [I think it's the strange irony that we make all these life choices before we're 40, because really we shouldn't make any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwyneth-paltrow/i-think-it-s-the-strange-irony-that-we-make-all-these-life-choices/)

[Gwyneth Paltrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwyneth-paltrow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ea/gwyneth-paltrow-1230_caring_i-think-it-s-the-strange-irony-that-we-m_251012.jpg)

> [Being this side of 40 feels like what I should have felt being this side of 25: in my body, in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-aniston/being-this-side-of-40-feels-like-what-i-should-have-felt-being-this/)

[Jennifer Aniston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-aniston/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/jennifer-aniston-1109_body_being-this-side-of-40-feels-like-what-i_769927.jpg)

> [When I got heartbroken at 20, it just felt like someone had spiraled a football right into my skull. At 40, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/when-i-got-heartbroken-at-20-it-just-felt-like-someone-had-spiraled-a/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/junot-diaz-531_driven_when-i-got-heartbroken-at-20-it-just-fel_1179133.jpg)

> [For me, 40 feels like a beginning. I'm in the middle of so much new - with this career, the kids, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kerry-washington/for-me-40-feels-like-a-beginning-i-m-in-the-middle-of-so-much-new/)

[Kerry Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kerry-washington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/kerry-washington-7918_excited_for-me-40-feels-like-a-beginning-i-m-in_1994037.jpg)

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